Edward and Nancy Dodge Lecture

The Edward and Nancy Dodge Lecture was established in 1999 to honor Dr. Edward Dodge, MPH '67, and his late wife Nancy for their generous support of the Center for a Livable Future. The annual lecture features a distinguished visiting scholar to address the public health implications of ecosystem change resulting from personal and policy choices.

	The Power of Law in the Public Health Toolbox: Lessons from the Frontlines of Food System Reform Jessica Culpepper, JD Executive Director of FarmSTAND December 2, 2025
	Quantifying Disease Risk from Food Animal Production: It’s harder than it looks Dr. Lance Price Professor at the George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health April 18, 2024
	Under Gaia’s Skin Jay Naidoo Anti-Apartheid and Anti-Hunger Activist April 15, 2021
	Wild Ideas on the Great Plains Dan O’Brien American Author, Wildlife Biologist, and Rancher December 05, 2019
	Transform or Reform? Miguel Altieri, PhD Professor of Agroecology at the University of California, Berkeley September 18, 2018
	Wendell Berry, award winning novelist, poet, and farmer unveils the new essay "The Thought of Limits in a Prodigal Age" Wendell Berry American Novelist, Poet, Environmental Activist, Cultural Critic, And Farmer December 8, 2016
	Soil, Food and the Microbiome Patrick Holden Founding Director and Chief Executive of the Sustainable Food Trust November 9, 2015
	The Food Movement, Public Health and Wellbeing Ricardo Salvador Director, Food & Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists December 12, 2014
	We are What We Eat…and What We Build Richard J. Jackson Professor and Chair of Environmental Health Sciences at the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles May 9, 2014
	Fostering a Just and Sustainable Food System Malik Yakini Founder and Executive Director of Detroit Black Community Food Security Network April 30, 2013
	Food Sovereignty, Biopiracy and the Future Winona LaDuke Director of Honor the Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project April 10, 2012
	Food Systems, Famines & Human Rights Olivier De Schutter UN's Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food September 27, 2011
	Food Politics: Has the Food Revolution Arrived? Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health Professor of Sociology, New York University May 4, 2010
	Agriculture, Environment and Health Vandana Shiva, PhD Director of Navdanya, a program of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology of New Delhi, India March 3, 2009
	Protecting the Commons Robert Costanza, PhD Director, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics The University of Vermont November 29, 2007
	The Farm/Food/Health Connection Fred L. Kirschenmann, PhD Distinguished Fellow at the Aldo Leopold Center, Iowa State University Professor of Religion and Philosophy, North Dakota Rancher April 25, 2006
	Seas the Day: Ocean Science, Politics and Ethics Jane Lubchenco, PhD Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology and Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Oregon State University Former President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science April 22, 2005
	A False Hypothesis: Implications for Agriculture and Society if it's True Wes Jackson, PhD President and Founder, The Land Institute Salina, Kansas April 1, 2003
	Why Urban Agriculture is the Next Frontier of Public Health Wayne Roberts, PhD Project Coordinator, Toronto Food Policy Council April 3, 2002
	Ecology of Emerging Disease: Environmental Pollution and Population Growth David Pimentel, PhD Professor, Insect Ecology and Agricultural Science Department of Entomology,Cornell University College of Agricultural and Life Sciences President, The Rachel Carson Council, Inc. April 4, 2001
	An Agronomist's View of Public Health Dennis R. Keeney, PhD Emeritus Director, Aldo Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Iowa State University March 27, 2000
	Biodiversity and the Health of Ecosystems: A Public Health Challenge Terry Yates, PhD Professor and Chairman, Department of Biology University of New Mexico Albuquerque April 7, 1999